销 (xiāo): to melt (metal), to cancel, to annul, to sell
销 (xiāo) is a Chinese character meaning “to melt (metal).” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 钅 (semantic) and 肖 (phonetic). It ranks #904 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 销 metal. Its radical form 钅 (metal) appears in many related characters such as 钱 (qián, money), 错 (cuò, wrong, mistake), 钟 (zhōng, clock, bell).
Definitions
- to melt (metal)
- to cancel
- to annul
- to sell
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 销
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 销售verb | xiāo shòu | to sell | 5 |
| 撤销verb | chè xiāo | to repeal | 6 |
| 推销verb | tuī xiāo | to market | 6 |
| 销量noun | xiāo liàng | sales volume | 5 |
| 畅销verb | chàng xiāo | to sell well | 6 |
| 促销verb | cù xiāo | to promote sales | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 销毁 | xiāo huǐ | to destroy (by melting or burning) |
| 推销员 | tuī xiāo yuán | sales representative |
| 开销 | kāi xiāo | to pay (expenses) |
| 吊销 | diào xiāo | to suspend (an agreement) |
| 营销 | yíng xiāo | marketing |
| 报销 | bào xiāo | to submit an expense account |
| 畅销书 | chàng xiāo shū | best-seller |
| 经销商 | jīng xiāo shāng | dealer |
| 一笔勾销 | yī bǐ gōu xiāo | to write off at one stroke |
| 注销 | zhù xiāo | to cancel |
| 销声匿迹 | xiāo shēng nì jì | to vanish without trace (idiom) |
| 花销 | huā xiāo | to spend (money) |
| 销售额 | xiāo shòu é | sales figure |
| 销魂 | xiāo hún | ecstasy |
| 分销 | fēn xiāo | distribution |
销 appears in 100 compound words: 24 as the first character, 55 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 销 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
to keep silent and lie low; to vanish (from the public eye); to disappear from the scene
Example Sentences
这种产品销量很好，经常卖断货。
Zhè zhǒng chǎnpǐn xiāoliàng hěn hǎo, jīngcháng mài duàn huò.
This product sells very well and is often out of stock.
川普:加征15%关税 各国审慎 估不会撤销与美协议
chuān pǔ : jiā zhēng 1 5 guān shuì gè guó shěn shèn gū bù huì chè xiāo yǔ měi xié yì
Trump: Impose 15% tariffs Countries are prudent not to withdraw the agreement with the United States
MG宣布“欧洲新车累积销量突破百万辆”!电动化布局成核心动能
M G xuān bù ōu zhōu xīn chē lěi jī xiāo liàng tū pò bǎi wàn liàng ! diàn dòng huà bù jú chéng hé xīn dòng néng
MG announced that "the cumulative sales of new cars in Europe exceeded one million units"! Electrification layout has become the core driving force
通膨上升、减重药热销 美食品业降价吸引顾客回流
tōng péng shàng shēng , jiǎn chóng yào rè xiāo měi shí pǐn yè jiàng jià xī yǐn gù kè huí liú
Inflation rises, weight loss drugs are hot, and the price reduction of the US food industry attracts customers to return
倾销争议 天声董事长张水圳曾硬杠美政府
qīng xiāo zhēng yì tiān shēng dǒng shì cháng zhāng shuǐ 圳 céng yìng gàng měi zhèng fǔ
Dumping controversy Tiansheng Chairman Zhang Shuizhen once slammed the US government
新春走基层|拉萨:年货购销两旺 高原喜迎新年
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng lā sà nián huò gòu xiāo liǎng wàng gāo yuán xǐ yíng xīn nián
New Year's walk grassroots | Lhasa: New Year's goods purchase and sale of two prosperous plateau to welcome the new year
这位女士是不是推销员？
Zhèwèi nǚshì shìbùshì tuīxiāoyuán?
Is this lady a saleswoman?
全体销售人员通宵达旦地工作了一周。
Quántǐ xiāoshòu rényuán tōngxiāo-dádàn de gōngzuò le yī zhōu.
The entire sales staff has worked around the clock for a week.
他是营销部的负责人。
Tā shì yíngxiāo bù de fùzérén.
He's the manager of the marketing department.
她抓紧时间地阅读一本畅销小说。
Tā zhuājǐnshíjiān de yuèdú yī běn chàngxiāo xiǎoshuō.
She lost no time in reading a best-selling novel.
Character Family
钅 Radical Family — Characters sharing the metal radical
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